Improved clothes-pin



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FELIX WALKER', 0F NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

Letters Patent No.f86,8858, dated Februa/ry 9, i869.

IMPROVED CLOTHES-PIN.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making parl: of the same.

To all' whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, FELIX WALKER, of the city of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Pins; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the constr uction of a clothes-pin, of wire, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, which form a part of this specication, andA which represent a perspective of my improved clothespin, showing it closed, and in red lines when open.

I takea wire, of suitable length, of brass, iron, or other suitable material, coated, to prevent rust, and bend it in the middle, so as to form a ring, a, and arms b b.'

The lower ends of these arms are bent inward, so as to form the hooks c c, and the inner ends of these hooks are so bent downward as to form the rings 111,which, being in the same plane with the arms and slide when the clothes-pin is closed, come flat against each other.

A collar, e, is then placed over the arms b b, so that, by moving said collar downward, the pin will close and secure any article placed between the hooks.

This device will be found convenient, useful, cheap, and durable, not liable to easily get out of order. It is intended to be run on a clothes-line or wire, through the ring a, so that the pins may never be lost or'mislaid.

A wire line may be used with this clothes-fastener,

vfixed to stand out in the weather without injury, without the necessity of taking it in, as required with an ordinary clothes-line, which, if permitted to remain out in the weather, would soon become rotten. v

The article to be suspended is inserted between the hooks c o, and the sliding collar e drawn down, when .the garment will not only hang on said hooks, but also be tightly graspedv by the rings d d, said rings also pre venting the hooks from entering the garment and injuring the same.

It is admitted, first, that clothes-pins formed of one,

piece of wire or metal is not new, and, second, that clothes-pins. thus formed and clamped together, with the clothes between the parts, by a ring or clamp, is not new. But a clothes-pin formed of one piece of wire, or equivalent metal, by turning up the arms into hooks, and turning the ends of the armsinto rings lying in the same plane with arms and slide, to prevent the hooks from injuring the articles when closed with the slide, is new.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v A wire clothes-pin, so bent as to iorm a ring, a,.two parallel arms b b, curved shoulders c c,and coils d d at the end, so that said coils overlap each other, and are held in place by a band-6, all as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this 2d day of November, 1868.

FELIX WALKER.v Witnesses.

J. CROMWELL, GEO. GROMWELL, J r. 

